somethings nice 24: heat lightning

dispatch from high summer

The summer is the longest season in Texas. It’s our season, really. I want to say we’re in the middle of it, but I’m not even sure we are—we’ll have to see how hot it still is come October, maybe even November. I love that about the summer here. It could stretch on and on.

I like the heat but its sameness has a way of flattening time. In New York, where …